Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.
You can view the full legal cards list.
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How do I find or brew a decklist?
Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.
The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.
Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere
View the full legal cards list
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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?
To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.
You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.
To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.
Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.
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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.
They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.
Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.
Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.
The next rotation is in 12 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 489 | 961–624 | 60.6 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 2020 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 38 | 52–73 | 41.6 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Stormpost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 14 | 27–27 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Actual Warp World | 14 | 27–27 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| New Perspectives | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 10 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 375 | 745–429 | 63.5 | 1 | 2 | 48 |
| Mono Black Control | 18 | 31–22 | 58.5 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Paradox Haze Lock | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 17 | 50–22 | 69.4 | 4 | ||
| Azorius Control | 15 | 27–23 | 54.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 16 | 34–18 | 65.4 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 10 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Stax | 16 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 1 | ||
| Ponza | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Control | 266 | 517–279 | 64.9 | 1 | 2 | 39 |
| Life is Ez | 265 | 516–278 | 65.0 | 1 | 2 | 39 |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Pox | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Prison | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 25 | 46–50 | 47.9 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 18 | 33–36 | 47.8 | |||
| Pickles | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 17 | 45–25 | 64.3 | 3 | ||
| The Rock | 6 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 1 | ||
| Golgari Citadel | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Vampires | 3 | 14–1 | 93.3 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 14–1 | 93.3 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Davriel Braids | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 32 | 69–41 | 62.7 | 6 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 17 | 44–12 | 78.6 | 6 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 12 | 24–25 | 49.0 | |||
| Locus Awakening | 11 | 21–23 | 47.7 | |||
| Domain | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |